Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Material Licensees; Reopening of Comment Period
Document Number: 2010-24581
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-09-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reopening the public comment period for the proposed rule that was published on July 27, 2010 (75 FR 43865). The proposed rule would amend the regulations by revising the provisions applicable to the licensing and approval processes for byproduct, source and special nuclear material licenses, and irradiators to clarify the definitions of ``construction'' and ``commencement of construction''. The comment period for this proposed rule, which closed on September 27, 2010, is reopened and will remain open until November 29, 2010.
NRC Enforcement Policy Revision
Document Number: 2010-24561
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is publishing a major revision to its Enforcement Policy (Enforcement Policy or Policy) to clarify the use of terms and update the Policy, removing outdated information and adding information addressing enforcement issues in areas that are not currently directly addressed in the Policy.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-24395
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on June 30, 2010. 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension. 2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 34, ``Licenses for Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiographic Operations.'' 3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0007. 4. The form number if applicable: N/A. 5. How often the collection is required: Applications for new licenses and amendments may be submitted at any time. Applications for renewal are submitted every 10 years. Reports are submitted as events occur. 6. Who will be required or asked to report: Applicants for and holders of specific licenses authorizing the use of licensed radioactive material for radiography. 7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 1,116 (371 reporting responses plus 745 recordkeepers). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 745 (647 Agreement State licensees plus 98 NRC licensees). 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 284,868 hours (503 reporting + 284,365 recordkeeping). The NRC licensees' total burden is 37,681 hours (69 reporting plus 37,612 recordkeeping). The Agreement State licensees' total burden is 247,187 hours (434 reporting plus 246,753 recordkeeping). 10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 34 establishes radiation safety requirements for the use of radioactive material in industrial radiography. The information in the applications, reports and records is used by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the public is protected and that licensee possession and use of source and byproduct material is in compliance with license and regulatory requirements. A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, Maryland 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by October 29, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Notice of Public Meeting To Solicit Comments on the Draft Policy Statement on the Protection of Cesium-137 Chloride Sources
Document Number: 2010-24392
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is conducting a public meeting to solicit public input on the draft policy statement on the protection of cesium-137 chloride (CsCl) sources that was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2010 (75 FR 37483). During the public meeting, the NRC will request public comments on the issues discussed in this document. Additionally, the NRC is requesting names of individuals to participate at the public meeting in a round table discussion of the issues discussed in Section III of this document. The purpose of this document is to announce the date and location of the public meeting which were not finalized in the June 29, 2010, document, as well as to publish an Issues Paper which will serve as a framework for the discussion of the major issues in the draft policy statement in the public meeting.
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-24391
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of License Amendment for the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation's Facility at Gore, OK
Document Number: 2010-24268
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2010-24266
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Radiation Protection Regulations and Guidance; Public Meetings and Request for Comments
Document Number: 2010-24137
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-09-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is conducting a series of public meetings, in the format of facilitated roundtable workshops, to solicit early public input on major issues associated with potential updates to NRC's radiation protection regulations and guidance in light of recommendations presented in the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 103 (2007). To aid in that process, the NRC is requesting comments on the issues discussed in this notice. The NRC has not initiated rulemaking on this subject, and is seeking early input and views on the benefits and impacts of options to be considered before making any decision on whether to proceed with a rulemaking. Each meeting will include a panel of participants, selected in a convening process to represent the diversity of stakeholders for these issues, including the various uses of radioactive materials licensed by the NRC. In addition to the panel, the NRC is encouraging observation and participation by all interested individuals. The meeting agenda will specifically include opportunities for viewpoints to be expressed from individuals in attendance who are not members of the panel. The NRC plans to transcribe the meetings.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-24136
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on July 7, 2010. 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision 2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 327, ``Special Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material Physical Inventory Summary Report'' and NUREG/BR-0096, ``Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical Inventory Summary Reports.'' 3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0139 4. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 327 5. How often the collection is required: Certain licensees possessing strategic SNM are required to report inventories every six months. Licensees possessing SNM of moderate strategic significance must report every nine months. Licensees possessing SNM of low strategic significance must report annually, except three licensees must report their dynamic inventories every two months and a static inventory on an annual basis. 6. Who will be required or asked to report: Fuel facility licensees possessing special nuclear material. 7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 31. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 124 hours (4 hours per response x 31 responses). 10. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by fuel facility licensees to account for special nuclear material. The data is used by NRC to assess licensee material control and accounting programs and to confirm the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) SNM theft or diversion. NUREG/BR-0096 provides specific guidance and instructions for completing the form in accordance with the requirements appropriate for a particular licensee. A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: http:[sol][sol]www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/ind ex.html. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by October 27, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-24134
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on June 23, 2010. 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension. 2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 21 ``Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance''. 3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0035. 4. The form number if applicable: NA. 5. How often the collection is required: On occasion, as defects and noncompliance are reportable as they occur. 6. Who will be required or asked to report: Individual directors and responsible officers of firms constructing, owning, operating, or supplying the basic components of any facility or activity licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, to report immediately to the NRC the discovery of defects in basic components or failures to comply that could create a substantial safety hazard (SSH). 7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 122 (74 responses plus 48 recordkeepers). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 48. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 8,926 hours (5,350 hours reporting plus 3,576 hours recordkeeping). 10. Abstract: The 10 CFR part 21 regulation requires each individual, corporation, partnership, commercial grade dedicating entity, or other entity subject to the regulations in this part to adopt appropriate procedures to evaluate deviations and failures to comply to determine whether a defect exists that could result in a substantial safety hazard. Depending upon the outcome of the evaluation, a report of the defect must be submitted to NRC. Reports submitted under 10 CFR part 21 are reviewed by the NRC staff to determine whether the reported defects or failures to comply in basic components at NRC licensed facilities or activities are potentially generic safety problems. These reports have been the basis for the issuance of numerous NRC Generic Communications that have contributed to the improved safety of the nuclear industry. The records required to be maintained in accordance with 10 CFR part 21 are subject to inspection by the NRC to determine compliance with the subject regulation. A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide web site: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by October 27, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Earth Day Commitment/Friends of the Coast, Beyond Nuclear, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League, C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Pilgrim Watch, and New England Coalition; Notice of Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking
Document Number: 2010-24132
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-09-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking dated August 18, 2010, submitted by Raymond Shadis and Mary Lampert on Behalf of Earth Day Commitment/Friends of the Coast, Beyond Nuclear, Seacoast Anti- Pollution League, C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Pilgrim Watch, and New England Coalition, for docketing as a petition for rulemaking under 10 CFR 2.802. In another letter dated August 18, 2010, Robin Read, State Representative for New Hampshire, requested to be included as a petitioner for this petition for rulemaking. The petition was docketed by the NRC and has been assigned PRM-54-6. The petitioners request that the NRC amend its regulations to permit a license renewal application no sooner than 10 years before the expiration of the current license and to apply the rule to all license renewal applications that have not yet been issued an NRC staff Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER). The petitioners also requested a freeze on all new relicensing activity until the rulemaking is decided.
Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-24129
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: 2010-23950
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal
Document Number: 2010-23941
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA
Document Number: 2010-23939
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee On Future Plant Designs
Document Number: 2010-23937
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Evaluation of the Groundwater Task Force Report: Public Meeting
Document Number: 2010-23877
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In response to incidents involving radioactive contamination of groundwater wells and soils at nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) convened a Groundwater Task Force (GTF) in March 2010 to determine whether past, current, and planned actions should be augmented. The GTF, in its final report dated June 2010, determined that the NRC is meeting its mission of protecting public health, safety, and the environment. However, in view of stakeholder concerns, the GTF recommended that the NRC consider changes to its oversight of licensed material outside of its designed confinement. The NRC established a senior management review group to evaluate the GTF report, identify next steps, and make recommendations to the Commission about potential policy changes. The NRC will host a meeting with the public to discuss and solicit input on the potential policy changes being considered. The meeting will serve as a forum for members of the public to provide oral comments. The NRC is also requesting written comments on the potential policy issues, particularly for those members of the public unable to attend the meeting. The potential policy issues can be found in Section C, ``Topics for Discussion: Potential Policy Issues,'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-MPC System, Revision 6, Confirmation of Effective Date
Document Number: 2010-23875
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-09-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of October 4, 2010, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2010 (75 FR 42292). This direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations at 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the NAC-MPC System listing to include Amendment Number 6 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1025.
Sunshine Act; Notice of Meetings
Document Number: 2010-23654
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In the Matter of: Stone & Webster Construction, Inc.; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately)
Document Number: 2010-23519
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Northern States Power Company-Minnesota Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Correction
Document Number: 2010-23516
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on September 7, 2010 (75 FR 54397), which informed the public that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued Amendment Nos. 197 and 186 to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60, respectively, for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2. This action is necessary to correct the date of issuance.
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on ABWR
Document Number: 2010-23515
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000
Document Number: 2010-23511
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2010-23380
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974; Republication of Systems of Records Notices
Document Number: 2010-23247
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has conducted a comprehensive review of all its Privacy Act systems of records notices. The NRC is revising and republishing all its systems of records notices as a result of this review. The revisions are minor corrective and administrative changes that do not meet the threshold criteria established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for either a new or altered system of records.
Revised Draft Safety Culture Policy Statement: Request for Comments
Document Number: 2010-23249
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On November 6, 2009, the NRC published a draft policy statement,'' Safety Culture Policy Statement,'' in the Federal Register (FRN) (74 FR 57525; NRC ADAMS Accession Number ML093030375).\1\ The Statement of Policy (SOP) contained in the FRN focuses on the interface of nuclear safety and security in a positive safety culture, and highlights the Commission's expectation that all licensees and certificate holders \2\ establish and maintain a positive safety culture that protects public health and safety and the common defense and security when carrying out licensed activities. The FRN requested that interested persons provide comments within 90 days of its publication. On January 12, 2010, the comment period was extended to March 1, 2010 (75 FR 1656; ML100050288). As part of its outreach activities, the NRC held a Safety Culture Workshop in February 2010 that provided a venue for interested parties to provide comments on the draft safety culture policy statement. The additional goal of the workshop was for panelists representing a broad range of stakeholders to reach alignment on a common definition of safety culture and a high- level set of traits that describe areas important to a positive safety culture. The workshop panelists, with the assistance of the other workshop participants, developed both. Following the February workshop, the staff evaluated the public comments that were submitted in response to the November 2009 FRN. Additionally, the staff participated on panels and made presentations at various industry forums in order to provide information to stakeholders about the development of the safety culture policy statement and/or to obtain additional input and to ascertain whether the draft definition and traits developed at the workshop accurately reflect a broad range of stakeholders' views.
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-22970
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-14
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Call for Nominations
Document Number: 2010-22827
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-14
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is advertising for nominations for the patients' rights advocate position on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). Nominees should have professional or personal experience with or knowledge about patient advocacy. Also, involvement or leadership with patient advocacy organizations is preferred.
Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-22821
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In the Matter of Mattingly Testing Services, Inc. Molt, MT; Order Revoking License (Effective Immediately)
Document Number: 2010-22627
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning And Procedures
Document Number: 2010-22625
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Joint Subcommittee
Document Number: 2010-22619
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 1.38, 1.94, and 1.116
Document Number: 2010-22492
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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